In north america the eating habits of armidillos have omly been the concern of the southern states residents who know the hle digging garden pest well, with sightings as far north as Illinois and as far west as Colorado the nine banded armadillo is expanding with this armadillos eating habits will become a far more investigated and sought out information

Armidillos are fragers that eat on a daily basis, A study in which the stomach contents of Texas armadillos were examined, revealed a standard diet of beetles, caterpillars and other insect larvae, centipedes, millipedes, pill bugs, vegetable matter such as fruit, nuts and seeds and the occasional small amphibian or reptile seeing as that the bulk of an armadillos diet in insect they are then classified as insectivores

Strong legs and long sharp claws are the armadillo's primary tools for foraging